Lake Argyle

We did a day trip out to Lake Argyle... the largest man made lake in the Southern hemisphere, 18 x the size of Sydney Harbour and with 70 islands!

They dammed the Ord River at Kununurra and then here at Lake Argyle flooding the majority of the Durack Property.

We visited the discovery park for a swim in the infinity pool, before driving over the dam wall and then visiting the old Homestead that was moved to higher ground before the final floods.

On the way home, and for the next week we negotiated the annual burns as fire crews lit up the undergrowth along the roads. It was fascinating to watch the clouds of black smoke blowing into the sky for miles... we could see flames licking the tops of mountains and it seemed like everywhere we went we were driving into smoke!Read more